Malaysia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /məˈleze.ə/ (Scotland)
- /məlejʃə/ (Malaysia)
- /məˈleɪ̯zi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
- /mɐˈleɪ̯.ʃɐ/ (Philippines)
- (UK) audio
- /-ɪ.ə/ (Scotland)
- /məˈleːzi.ə/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
- /-iə/ (Scotland)
- /məˈleʒə/ (Scotland)
- /məˈlɛjʒə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /məlejsiə/ (Malaysia)
- /məˈleːʒə/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
- (US) audio
- /məˈleɪ̯ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
- /məˈlɛjzɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
Etymology tree Malay Melayuder. English Malay Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Malaysia Affixation of Malay + -sia (alternative form of -ia), coined by British geographers in the 19th century as one of several terms used to refer to the Malay Archipelago, can be translated as "land of the Malays". A popular folk etymology holds that the country name was formed by adding ⟨-si-⟩ to Malaya, short for the former Federation of Malaya, to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) when the country was formed.
Meanings
- A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
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(obsolete) The Malay Archipelago.
For the purpose of topographical description, Malaysia may be divided into six groups of islands, namely — 1. Sumatra, and the smaller islands adjacent ; 2. The long chain of islands which extends east and west from the Strait of Sunda to New Guinea, including Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Comobo, Flares, Jindana or Sandelwood, Adenar, Solor, Lomblem, Pantar, Ombay, Timor, Semao, Rotte, Savu, Cambi, Wetter, Serwatty, Babba, Timorlaut, &c. ; 3. The Banda and Molucca Islands ; 4. Celebes and the smaller adjacent islands; 5. Borneo and adjacent islands; 6. The Philippine Islands.
1842, System of Descriptive Geography, Founded on the Works of Malte-Burn and Balbi, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 974:
Deriveds
Peninsular Malaysia · Bahasa Malaysia · West Malaysia · East Malaysia · Malaysian · Manglish
Descendants
Malajzia · Malajzia · مالیزیا · Màlēzija · Malaysia · マレーシア · 马来西亚 · Malaizija · Malẹ́zija · 馬來西亞 · Malaizija · Mesia · Marēhia · Мала́йзія
Relateds
Translations (134)
ro Malaezia (country in Southeast Asia) · ps مالیزیا (country in Southeast Asia) · khb ᦙᦱᦟᦻᧉᦌᦲᧈᦊᦱᧈ (country in Southeast Asia) · ja マレーシア (country in Southeast Asia) · cs Malajsie (country in Southeast Asia) · kln Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · bo མ་ལ་ཤི་ཡ (country in Southeast Asia) · ru Мала́йзия (country in Southeast Asia) · sl Malézija (country in Southeast Asia) · mn ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠶᠢᠽ (country in Southeast Asia) · fr Malaisie (country in Southeast Asia) · sw Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · ps مالېزيا (country in Southeast Asia) · sa मलेशिया (country in Southeast Asia) · acw ماليزيا (country in Southeast Asia) · sh Ма̀ле̄зија (country in Southeast Asia) · zu eMalaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · tg Малайзия (country in Southeast Asia) · br Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · tr Malezya (country in Southeast Asia) · lo ມາເລເຊຍ (country in Southeast Asia) · ha Malaisiya (country in Southeast Asia) · bn মালয়েশিয়া (country in Southeast Asia) · mi Marēhia (country in Southeast Asia) · la Malaesia (country in Southeast Asia) · pt Malásia (country in Southeast Asia) · hak 馬來西亞 /马来西亚 (country in Southeast Asia) · ca Malàisia (country in Southeast Asia) · ab Малаизиа (country in Southeast Asia) · ast Malasia (country in Southeast Asia) · de Malaysien (country in Southeast Asia) · es Malasia (country in Southeast Asia) · nn Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · sd ملائيشيا (country in Southeast Asia) · wuu 馬來西亞 /马来西亚 (country in Southeast Asia) · hi मलेशिया (country in Southeast Asia) · mt Il-Malażja (country in Southeast Asia) · dv މެލޭޝިޔާ (country in Southeast Asia) · sa मलयेशिया (country in Southeast Asia) · vi Mã Lai (country in Southeast Asia) · ka მალაიზია (country in Southeast Asia) · vi Ma-lai-xi-a (country in Southeast Asia) · sh Màlēzija (country in Southeast Asia) · ml മലേഷ്യ (country in Southeast Asia) · uk Мала́йзія (country in Southeast Asia) · tk Malaýziýa (country in Southeast Asia) · ta மலேசியா (country in Southeast Asia) · yi מאַלײַזיע (country in Southeast Asia) · ki Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · si මලයාසියාව (country in Southeast Asia) · tt Малайзия (country in Southeast Asia) · it Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · mr मलेशिया (country in Southeast Asia) · he מָלֶזְיָה (country in Southeast Asia) · gl Malaisia (country in Southeast Asia) · yo Màléṣíà (country in Southeast Asia) · za Majlaizsihya (country in Southeast Asia) · luy Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · am ማሌዢያ (country in Southeast Asia) · gu મલેશિયા (country in Southeast Asia) · eo Malajzio (country in Southeast Asia) · ug مالايسىيا (country in Southeast Asia) · dng Малащи (country in Southeast Asia) · da Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · sw Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · haw Malaisia (country in Southeast Asia) · tl Malasya (country in Southeast Asia) · el Μαλαισία (country in Southeast Asia) · nl Maleisië (country in Southeast Asia) · sq Malajzia (country in Southeast Asia) · sa मलेशियादेश (country in Southeast Asia) · be Мала́йзія (country in Southeast Asia) · ko 말레이시아 (country in Southeast Asia) · cmn 馬來西亞 /马来西亚 (country in Southeast Asia) · az Malayziya (country in Southeast Asia) · nb Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · as মালয়েছিয়া (country in Southeast Asia) · km ម៉ាឡេស៊ី (country in Southeast Asia) · sq Malajzi (country in Southeast Asia) · io Malaizia (country in Southeast Asia) · lt Malaizija (country in Southeast Asia) · uz Malayziya (country in Southeast Asia) · kam Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · ms Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · haw Malaia (country in Southeast Asia) · ur مَلائِشِیا (country in Southeast Asia) · et Malaisia (country in Southeast Asia) · ar مَالَيْزِيَا (country in Southeast Asia) · cdo 馬來西亞 /马来西亚 (country in Southeast Asia) · af Maleisië (country in Southeast Asia) · fi Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · mer Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · sv Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · de Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · my မလေးရှား (country in Southeast Asia) · kn ಮಲೇಶಿಯ (country in Southeast Asia) · nan-hbl 馬來西亞 /马来西亚 (country in Southeast Asia) · te మలేషియా (country in Southeast Asia) · mk Малезија (country in Southeast Asia) · kk Малайзия (country in Southeast Asia) · gv Yn Valaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · ur مَلائِیشِیا (country in Southeast Asia) · mn Малайз (country in Southeast Asia) · kmr Malezya (country in Southeast Asia) · fa-ira مالِزی (country in Southeast Asia) · ky Малайзия (country in Southeast Asia) · nv Maléízha (country in Southeast Asia) · prs مَالَیْزِیَا (country in Southeast Asia) · ro Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · pa ਮਲੇਸ਼ੀਆ (country in Southeast Asia) · tet Malázia (country in Southeast Asia) · sco Malaysie (country in Southeast Asia) · prs مَالِیزِیَا (country in Southeast Asia) · or ମାଲେସିଆ (country in Southeast Asia) · yue 馬來西亞 /马来西亚 (country in Southeast Asia) · ht Malezi (country in Southeast Asia) · ne मलेशिया (country in Southeast Asia) · ba Малайзия (country in Southeast Asia) · th มาเลเซีย (country in Southeast Asia) · sk Malajzia (country in Southeast Asia) · ms مليسيا (country in Southeast Asia) · hu Malajzia (country in Southeast Asia) · to Maleisia (country in Southeast Asia) · ia Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · pa مَلیشیا (country in Southeast Asia) · id Malaysia (country in Southeast Asia) · hy Մալայզիա (country in Southeast Asia) · is Malasía (country in Southeast Asia) · nrf Malaysie (country in Southeast Asia) · bg Мала́йзия (country in Southeast Asia) · lv Malaizija (country in Southeast Asia) · luo Malesia (country in Southeast Asia) · lo ມາເລເຊັຽ (country in Southeast Asia) · pl Malezja (country in Southeast Asia)